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Celtris Ill. Barren, uninhabited, Class-M planet located in cervaline. Antirejection drug. In 2372, the Emergency Medical Cardassian space. In 2369, Cardassian disinformation that a Hologram ordered cervaline to be administered to Danara Pel to new metagenic weapon was being developed tricked Starfleet fend off rejection of Klingon tissue implanted into her brain Into sending a covert Starfleet team to Celtris Ill. There, Captain (“Lifesigns” [VGR]) Jean-Luc Picard was captured. (“Chain of Command, Part I" [TNG]). Cestus Comets. One of the six baseball teams organized in mid 2371 on Cestus III. (“Family Business" [DS9)) 3 cenotaph. Coffin-like enclosure a PR Used in the Vhnori transference rit- ~~ Cestus Ill. Planet. Location of a Fed- seas = | Sa» = ual. The cenotpath was designed to eration outpost destroyed by a reptilTSR “ ll painlessly end a person's life, so ian civilization known as the Gorn in N 4 Tod that he or she could pass into the 2267. The Federation had at the time . ~ - NF Next Emanation. (‘Emanations” been unaware that Cestus lll was in y “ : [VGRI). space the Gorn considered to be their own territory, and that the Gorn had =~ center seat. Starfleet slang term referring to been protecting their own sover- seme 3 the captain's chair on the bridge of a star- eignty. Unfortunately, the - TT — ship, and by extension, the job of starship Gorn attack on the Federation outpost left only a command. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). single survivor. (“Arena” [TOS]). Misunderstandings with the Gorn were eventually resolved, and the planCentral Bureau of Penology, Stockholm. et was colonized by Federation settlers. In mid-2371, Earth institution dealing with the rehabilita- the colonists on Cestus Ill formed a league of six basetion of criminals. The U.S.S. Enterprise trans- ball teams. Two of the teams were the Cestus ported research materials from the Central Comets and the Pike City Pioneers. (“Family Bureau of Penology to the Tantalus V penal Business" [DS9)). Cestus lll is eight weeks’ travel colony in 2266. (“Dagger of the Mind" [TOS]). from the Bajor sector at maximum warp. (“The A few cargo modules glimpsed in the cargo Way of the Warrior” [DS3]). The location for filming bay of Deep Space 9 bore cargo labels sug- Cestus lll as well as for the Metrons' planetoid in gesting that they had been sent from the “Arena” was Vasquez Rocks, near Los Angeles, bureau to Dr. Van Gelder at the Tantalus colony, a which was used for various television and feature tip of the hat to “Dagger of the Mind." productions. Other Star Trek episodes filmed there include “Shore Leave" (TOS), “The Alternative Factor” (TOS), Central Command, Cardassian. SEE: Cardassian Central “Friday's Child” (TOS), “Who Watches the Watchers?" (TNG), “The Command Homecoming" (DS9), and one shot in Star Trek IV. The Cestus Ill outpost was actually a fort constructed for the feature The Alamo, central control complex. Device used by the android Norman produced in the 1930s. The fort was demolished in the late 1960s to control and direct the 207,809 androids on a planet ruled by because it was thought to be in danger of collapse. Harry Mudd in 2267. (*I, Mudd” [TOS]). SEE: Mudd, Harcourt biology research facility located in Sausalito yp N Fenton. Cetacean Institute. Aquarium and marineCenturion. (John Warburton). Officer on Earth in the 20th century. Kirk and aboard the Romulan bird-of-prey that Spock, traveling back in time, visited the ! crossed the Romulan Neutral Zone in Cetacean Institute to find two humpP| 2266. Older and more experienced than back whales in hopes of repopulating most members of the crew, the centurion that species in Earth's 23rd century. (Star ZA fronting the Enterprise but was overruled Dr. Gillian. The Cetacean Institute scenes NX IN counseled a cautious strategy in con- Trek IV: The Voyage Home). SEE: Taylor, i bi [® when the politically ambitious Decius in Star Trek IV were filmed at the Monterey - het re #4 advocated a more provocative approach. Bay Aquarium, which looks a lot like the Cetacean perl RNe (“Balance of Terror” [TOS)). Centurion was a Institute except that it doesn’t have a big whale tank (which was rank in the Romulan guard, approximately equivalent to a captain added with a bit of visual effects magic by ILM). The name had to in the Federation Starfleet. be changed to the Cetacean Institute because it was necessary, for plot reasons, to move the location of the aquarium to Sausalito. Cerebus II. Planet. The natives of Cerebus Il developed a treat- The Cetacean Institute symbol is actually the logo of the Monterey ment that reverses the aging process in humans. The process, Bay Aquarium, even though the name was changed to protect involving herb and drug combinations, was very painfuland hada the innocent. high mortality rate. Admiral Mark Jameson obtained the treatment in exchange for having negotiated a treaty for that planet's Ceti Alpha V. Fifth planet in the Ceti Alpha star system. Khan government. Although the process was initially successful, Noonien Singh and his followers, along with Enterprise historian Jameson eventually died of the side effects. (“Too Short A Marla McGivers, were exiled to Ceti Alpha V following their Season” [TNG]). attempt to commandeer the Enterprise in 2267. The world was described as a bit savage, somewhat inhospitable, but livable Ceremony of Reconciliation. A historic ceremony ending cen- (“Space Seed” [TOS)). Following the explosion of sister planet turies of war between the star systems Krios and Valt Minor, Ceti Alpha VI later that year, Ceti Alpha V became nearly uninconducted aboard the Starship Enterprise-D in 2368. The cere- habitable. During the following years, twenty of Khan's followers, mony, which was performed in a holodeck simulation of the including Marla McGivers, were killed by deadly Ceti eels. Khan ancient Temple of Akadar, involved presentation to Valtese and his surviving followers escaped in 2285 when the planet was Chancellor Alrik of the empathic metamorph Kamala to being surveyed by the U.S.S. Reliant as a possible test site for become his wife. The ceremony was almost disrupted when the Genesis Project. (Star Trek /i: The Wrath of Khan). Kriosian Ambassador Briam was injured, but Captain Picard was able to fulfill Briam's duties. (“The Perfect Mate" [TNG]). Ceti Alpha VI. Sixth planet in the Ceti Alpha star system. Ceti Alpha V1 exploded some six months after Khan Noonien Singh Certificate of Dismemberment. SEE: Ferengi Certificate of had been marooned on Ceti Alpha V in 2267. The explosion dis| Dismemberment. rupted the orbit of Ceti Alpha V. (Star Trek Ii: The Wrath of Khan).